ALEXANDRINA
Shipbuildervessel built by
John Smith & Co.
(Shipbuilder, Upper Dock, Aberdeen)
OwnerOwned by
John Smith & Co.
(Shipbuilder, Upper Dock, Aberdeen)
DateApril 1864
Object NameCLIPPER
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 176' x breadth 30.3' x depth 18'
gross tonnage 670 tons
gross tonnage 670 tons
Object numberABDSHIP002875
Keywords
Official Number: 48855
Subsequent Names: ALPHONSE ET MARIE NO. 2 (1877)
Fate: marked as 'Broken Up' in Lloyd's 1887 (no. 1340)
Propulsion: Sail
Description: Ship rigged, 3 masts, 1 deck and a poop deck 48'. forecastle 31', and a top gallery at the forecastle, eliptical stern, carvel built, ¾ female figurehead.
Owners:
1864: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owner;
John Smith, Aberdeen, 64 shares.
24/06/1864: Sold to John Brodie, London 22 shares, James Archbell, London, 21 shares, Archibald Sword, Greenock, 21 shares.
Source: Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives)
1864-77: J. Brodie, registered at London.
1877-87: P. Leroux, registered at Bordeaux.
Masters:
1865-68: Master H. Baird
1870-76: Master J. Sangster
1877: Master W. T. Moon
1878-80: Master Ryckmins
1884-85: Master Privat
Voyages (Lloyd's):
1865-67: Aberdeen - Australia
1868: London
1869-71: London - Japan
1871: London - New Zealand
1872-73: London - China
General History:
23/05/1867:
Falmouth, May 22 - ship ALEXANDRINA from Otago, New Zealand on 12 February is off here with 3,624 ounces gold, 2401 bales wool and 11 passengers.
(Daily News)
16/06/1869:
Deaths - At Hong Kong on board ship ALEXANDRINA, of London, of typhus fever on 22 April, Margaret Wylie Douglas of Leith, wife of Captain James C. Sangster of Aberdeen, deeply regretted.
(Aberdeen Journal)
07/07/1871:
Massacre of English sailors - it appears that the Captain and a boat's crew of the English ship ALEXANDRINA of London had occasion to go ashore near Punta Arenas (Chile) and that [...] they came into conflict with the Indians, who murdered them. The Indians then put off in large numbers in their canoes towards the ALEXANDRINA, but those on board made all possible sail on the vessel and succeeded in saving themselves and the ship. The body of the Captain was afterwards discovered with two severe wounds on the body and both legs cut off. No traces could be found of the boat's crew, but an English war steamer was expected to proceed to the coast and inquire into the tragedy.
(Melbourne Argus)
09/01/1875:
The ship ALEXANDRINA, 670 tons register, sailed from Gravesend on 17th inst. bound for Ipswich, Queensland. She is the 143rd vessel that has sailed under the sand-order system of emigration and under the immediate direction of the Queensland Government Office. She carried 306 persons, divided into full-paying, assisted, remittance and free passengers and consisting of 136 members of families, 113 single men and 57 single females.
(Brisbane Courer)
11/02/1875:
A number of cabin passengers of the ship ALEXANDRINA met in Rockhampton last evening to present Dr. Butler, the surgeon - Superintendent of the vessel, with an illuminated Address and gold Albert watch. A pleasant evening was spent recounting agreeable reminiscences of the voyage.
(Brisbane Courier)
10/02/1875:
Five passengers on board the ship ALEXANDRINA were found guilty of larceny of 12 bottles of ale on board that ship on December 26 (fined £1 or seven days' imprisonment).
(Brisbane Courier)
Notes: Re-rigged as a barque early 1880s.
